Senior Counsel, Product Legal

Airwallex • San Francisco, CA

2d • $200,000 - $280,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Airwallex is hiring a Senior Counsel, Product Legal to serve as lead counsel for its Yield product. The role provides legal, regulatory, and strategic advice across the product lifecycle, including product design, licensing, regulatory engagement, partner arrangements, customer terms, disclosures, launch execution, and product integration. It supports the global Yield team across the United States, Canada, Singapore, Australia, Europe, and other markets.

The counsel will work with Product from ideation through launch, market expansion, and ongoing product changes; translate regulatory requirements into product requirements and launch materials; and develop playbooks, launch checklists, and governance processes to support scalable market launches. The role builds trusted relationships with cross-functional teams and regulated partners and coordinates advice across jurisdictions. The position works from Airwallex’s San Francisco or New York office on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

Requirements

• JD or equivalent degree.
• Active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• At least 7 years of legal experience, including some experience at a top-tier law firm.
• Strong regulatory advisory and/or product counseling experience for financial institutions or fintechs.
• Demonstrated ability to provide solution-oriented legal advice and work strategically with non-lawyers to support commercial outcomes.
• Ability to own complex, cross-jurisdictional workstreams from ideation through launch.
• Strong communication and stakeholder skills across global teams and external partners.
• Ability to work in a high-standards environment with fast iteration cycles and evolving priorities, using a curious, collaborative, and ownership-oriented approach.

Nice To Haves

• In-house experience at a fintech, financial services company, asset manager, brokerage firm, or other regulated financial services environment.
• Experience advising on investment products, discretionary or non-discretionary management, broker-dealer arrangements, custodial relationships, or investment-management structures, including a U.S. broker-dealer or FINRA-regulated arrangement, or an equivalent arrangement elsewhere.
• Experience working with banks, broker-dealers, custodians, investment managers, or other regulated partners.
• Experience building playbooks, product-governance processes, or market-expansion processes.

Responsibilities

• Own legal support for the Yield product end to end, from ideation through launch, market expansion, and ongoing changes.
• Provide Product with clear, timely guidance, including explaining available paths and the reasoning behind advice.
• Determine the requirements for launching Yield or equivalent products in new jurisdictions, working with local regulatory colleagues and external counsel.
• Translate cross-jurisdictional regulatory requirements into product requirements, customer terms, disclosures, and launch-readiness materials.
• Create playbooks, launch checklists, and governance processes to make subsequent market launches more efficient.
• Build trusted relationships across Product, Regulatory Legal, Compliance, Licensing, Risk, Product Marketing, Operations, and regulated partners.
• Coordinate advice across the United States, Canada, Singapore, Australia, Europe, and other markets, including with product leaders in Australia.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree